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DESCBIPTTOX OF CUT No. 1. 

a a. Clavicle or collar bone. d. Thyroid gland overlying the windpipe. 

b. Subclavian vein and artery. e. Sterno mastoid muscle. 

c. 'Adam’s apple and oesophagus. - Point of making the incision for raising 

the common carotid artery. 

THE COMMON OR CAROTID ARTERY. 

F IN'D the course of the sterno-mastoid muscle, whose upper attachment is at 
the back of the ear, and running bias down* the neck, is attached below at the 
sternum bone or where the two clavicles (or collar bones) unite at the base of 
the neck. It is plainly seen by turning the head to one side. This muscle forms the 
outer boundary and the windpipe the inner boundary, for locating the common caro¬ 
tid artery. By placing the fingers on the neck between the windpipe and this muscle, 
it will overlie the artery and internal jugular vein. In the living, you can perceive 
the pulsation. The sterno-mastoid muscle and thyroid gland are intimately united 
by a thin connective tissue, but are entirely separate tissues, and must be separated 
by the handle of the aneurism needle or scalpel, and not cut. The operation is, I st, 
Commence the incision from below, (while standing at the head of the subject,) about 
three-fourths of an inch from the sternum bone, following the valley diagonally up 
the neck, and in this valley cutting the skin or integument. 2d, A thin muscular 
layer, that is attached to the skin, but would not be seen, if you did not know of its 
existence. 3d, Separate the muscle from the gland. 4th, Split the deep fascia, as in 
the femoral regions. Cut the (omo hyoid) little thin muscle running across, and you 
will see the internal jugular vein, to the outer side of the artery; separate the sheath 
covering the two vessels, and with the aneurism needle pointing between the artery 
and vein, direct it under the artery and towards the windpipe, raising the artery to 
the surface, using care not to rupture the vein. Make the incision in the same way 
as in the femoral, directing the tube downward. 









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(^^pIIERE are many cases that can be kept very successfully by this method, and 
till usuall y f° r ^ wo or three days this process is all that is required, but it should 
be done with care and correctness. In this mode of treatment it will be well 
to mention the fact that each lung has its own separate cavity from the other, 
being separated by the pleura and the pericardium ; thus each cavity should be in¬ 
jected. Nor does the fluid injected to, or around the lungs, get into the abdominal 
cavity. The diaphragm, which is attached to the front of the body at the lower part 
of the sternum or breast bone, also to the sides and back of the body, is the partition 
that entirely separates these two large cavities. To inject the thoracic or upper 
cavity, introduce the trocar about an inch below the sternum bone and in the center 
of the body, pointing toward the right, but should be over the lung and just under the 
ribs ; the same operation should be made with the left. To inject the cavity sur¬ 
rounding the heart, point the instrument directly upward, and as soon as you have 
punctured the diaphragm, you are inside the cavity. These operations will effect¬ 
ually enable you to inject the entire upper cavity. To inject the abdominal cavity the 
S-ime incision can be used by pointing the instrument to the center and toward the 
lower part of the abdomen, and also to each side of the body. Remember the rod 
should be pushed clear in while you are puncturing, except when you are puncturing 
the skin. Different bodies will require different amounts of fluid, owing to size and 
conditions—from one to four quarts. There are two ways of getting into the cavity 
of the stomach. The usual way is to introduce the trocar into the abdomen an inch 
above the umbilicus or navel, and point it toward the lower left rib. (Remember the 
stomach lies on the left side.) If the stomach is distended with gases or food, the 
trocar will easily enter. If not, it is liable to pass through both walls, and your fluid 
will pass through and get outside. The successful way is to inject the mouth or 
nostrils, the latter being preferable on account of the curve of the throat at that 
point, which is larger and longer than through the mouth, and besides the mouth may 
be closed. The best instrument for this purpose is a flexible hard rubber nasal tube? 
whose curve may be changed readily, and thus meet every requirement. This being 
the quickest, safest and most positive method of injecting, it is recommended as the 
one to be used. The face should be covered with a cloth saturated with fluid. If in 
using Clarke’s Anti-Septic, it may be diluted with one-third or one-half water. The 
cloth should cover the face and ears, pressing the cloth down to the eyes and around 
the nose. Another should be placed around the neck, and one larger over the breast, 
as also one over the abdomen. The cloths should be kept saturated for at least 
twenty-four hours. 

As a bleacher of the dead, dilute Clarke’s Anti-Sceptic one-lialf with clear water, 
and the most perfect results will follow. 





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BE an undertaker, and perform the duties of such in a manner that the ap- 
mlf§ preciative people expect and approve, requires of you an education in mat- 
ters of an entirely different kind from that needed for the transaction of 
ordinary business. You are aware that the ceremonies that attend and follow 
death are the saddest of all, and are such as the public look upon as occasions for the 
deepest respect, which causes the position of the undertaker to be one by which his 
adaptions either commend him or is the cause of his failure to be employed. It is 
fast becoming a custom to place the details of the funeral in the hands of the under¬ 
taker, and we are glad to know that such is the case, as it places a responsibility upon 
you such as compels you to be better informed on subjects concerning the profession 9 
and places you in an honorable and respectable position. 

One of the first duties you owe the profession is cleanliness; and as neatness 
should follow cleanliness, it is necessary that you pride yourself in both if you desire 
to command respect in your position. Whether an undertaker is possessed of personal 
attractions or not, it is his duty to make himself comely, and as agreeable as the sur¬ 
roundings will permit; to appear neatly attired in good clothes, well-combed hair, 
clean hands, well-trimmed beard or clean-shaved face, and to have concealed 
behind them a character and reputation such as are found only in a gentleman. 

In case the occupants of the house to which you have been called are intimate 
friends, you maybe allowed to make a brief expression of sympathy, but otherwise 
we consider it an invasion to go into conversation of a sympathetic kind, unless you 
may be requested so to do, which is not often the case. This matter of sympathy is 
well in its place, but is disrespectful when you use it for the purpose of advertising 
yourself. We do not consider that you are employed for any such a purpose, partic¬ 
ularly at that moment when a home is supposed to better appreciate quietness. 

If the person deceased is that of a gentleman, there should be no objection to the 
undertaker being allowed to view the body on his admission to the house, as it often 
needs a bandage that has not been thought of, which can be by him placed in position. 
After viewing the remains and doing that which in your judgment needs to be done 
at once, or after introducing your assistant for that purpose, it will be well to retire 
to the parlor or reception room, and await the appearance of the person by whom you 
are to be informed concerning the arrangements of the funeral, and from him request 
such information as you may desire concerning clothing, etc. In case the subject is 
that of a female, you will not be permitted to introduce yourself in the manner pre¬ 
scribed for gentlemen, but in a becoming way obtain the information you need con¬ 
cerning the condition of the body, clothing, etc., without allowing yourself to go 
beyond the bounds of propriety. 

We believe in the duty of the undertaker to furnish the customary door scarf 
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the house if it is desired that you should place a scarf upon the door. There is no 
regularly adopted scarf for this purpose, but we believe custom has generally allowed 
the scarf for a person of thirty years and over to be black, for that of a person be¬ 
tween the ages of eighteen and thirty black and white, and for one between infancy 
and the age of eighteen all white. This rule cannot be relied upon as pleasing to all, 
so it would be advisable to ask for information as to whether a scarf is wanted, and 
if so, what kind, before taking the responsibility of placing it on the door. 

After seeing the body properly prepared and placed in such a part of the house as 
the friends may desire, it is your place to inform some friend of the family that the 
remains havee been placed in the position requested, and that you will retire until 
such a time, when you will return, and be pleased to perform any duty the friends 
may wish. 

If the services are to be held at the house it is necessary that the undertaker 
receive the guests, unless the family prefer some friend to perform that duty, and in 
case they should it will be your duty to assist them in performing it. Should you be 
called upon to perform this duty, it would be your place to appear at the residence a 
few minutes, (say one-half hour) before the time appointed for the funeral service to 
begin, and to be informed as to what part of the house the minister will occupy ; as 
to whether there will be music or not, and if so what position to assign the singers, 
and obtain any information that will enable you to carry out the friends’ wishes with¬ 
out confusion, such as the place the family will occupy during the service ; if they 
will take leave of the remains before or after the service, and if an invitation shall be 
given to the guests to view the remains after the service, or if it is their desire that 
the casket be closed before the minister introduces the service. In case the remains 
are to be viewed only until time for the service to begin, it will be your duty to oc¬ 
cupy a position that will enable you to quietly request it of each person before being 
seated, after which you are supposed to know what seats will be proper to assign 
them. When a funeral is to be held at a church, and the deceased is to be escorted 
there by an order, it is the proper place for the order to be in advance of the remains, 
or at least all but those reserved for bearers, who may occupy a position on each side 
of the hearse, or be seated in a carriage preceding it, as the occasion requires. It is 
customary at many places when having a body exposed to view at a church, to have 
the bearers convey the casket to the vestibule or auditorium, and after placing it in 
its proper position, the congregation may pass out and view the remains while pass¬ 
ing. In cases of this kind invariably request the immediate friends of the deceased 
to “take leave” at their home, so, after the congregation have passed out the casket 
may be closed and the relatives follow the remains to the hearse or their carriages. 

The duty of the pall bearer is a responsible one, and often an embarrassing one 
through the fault of the undertaker; and in order to avoid confusion as much as 
possible, it is best to pair them off before taking their position alongside the casket. 
Before they enter upon duty it would be well for you to take their hats to the carriage 
they will occupy, so that they may not be bothered with them in going out of the 
house or church. Another thing easily and quickly done is to remove the stools or 
pedestals at the time the casket is raised from them, and before the bearers start to 
the hearse. 

The order of procession cannot come under this head, but we desire to point out 
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near relatives and friends respectively. The undertaker or his assistant is expected 
to place the carriages in position and point out their occupants before leaving the 
house and church, and is expected to give attention to the first carriage, at least, in 
unloading at the cemetery. When entering the cemetery we are under the orders of 
the sexton, who should designate the drivers we should follow. 


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ATTENDED with a fullness of all the trunk and lesser veins, especially those 
of the head, and in many cases the arteries contain more or less blood. It is 
not an uncommon thing to get from an ounce to a half pint of blood from the 
brachial artery. It is therefore necessary to place the body in an inclined 
position, which will allow the blood to gravitate from the head to the trunk of the 
body. Take a hollow trocar with a center rod, and start the puncturing at a point 
not less than an inch to the left side of the tip of the breast-bone. When the trocar 
has passed into the abdominal cavity, push the rod in to prevent the instrument from 
puncturing the liver; pass up between the liver and breast-bone until the diaphragm 
is reached. By puncturing the diaphragm at this point the heart sack is entered. 
Then direct the trocar toward the right shoulder and push it upward and backward, 
as though the operator desired to strike a point midway between the breast-bone and 
back-bone, a distance upward from the starting point of about five or six inches. 
This will find the trocar inside the right ventricle of the heart. After the diaphragm 
has been reached, there is no need of the center rod, for as a rule when the trocar 
enters the heart the blood will appear. If it does not flow freely the rod can be 
pushed in to displace anything that hinders its flow after the heart is entered. The 
higher the head and shoulders are raised the more free is the flow of the blood. 

In heart disease, another treatment may be successfully used. In reaching the 
heart when the necessary incline cannot be. obtained, the right ventricle of the heart 
may be reached with the trocar by making the incision in the right side of the body 
and on the lower part by puncturing between the 3rd and 4th ribs, counting from 
below. Pull out the rod until you have passed the point of the instrument between 
and through the ribs and have entered the cavity, then push the rod in and direct it 
up under the right lung until you have reached the pericardium or heart’s sack; then 
withdraw the rod enough to bare the point, and you will enter the sack and reach the 
right ventricle; after which push the rod in to see if you have struck the heart prop¬ 
erly. which will be indicated by the appearance of blood on the rod, which must be 
drawn clear out and a sponge or vessel of some kind used to catch the blood, which 
should be allowed to flow as long as-it will run; the arms should be raised, as also the 
head, to allow gravitation to convey the blood to the heart. 















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A. Biceps muscle extending from the shoulder to below the elbow. 

B. Brachial artery extending from the arm pit to the elbow. 

C. The radial artery used in taking the pulse. 

D. The ulnar artery extending to the little finger part of the hand. 

THE BRACHIAL ARTERY. 

To raise the brachial artery, first locate the biceps muscle and find the inner and 
lower border with the ends of fingers; feel for the little cord (the median nerve); make 
the incision from one to three inches long, owing to size of the arm, making the lower 
part of the incision about three-fourths of an inch to one inch above the bend of the 
elbow (the arm should extend out from the body), cutting first the integument or 
skin; second, fascia and fat; third, deep fascia. This will bring you down on top of 
the median nerve. The artery and two veins will lie a little deeper and towards the 
body of the biceps muscle. Fourth, with the aneurism needle raise the artery and 
veins up and separate them, allowing the veins to drop down. Scrape off the sheath 
from the artery and, fifth, with the forceps pinch up the artery and make a transverse 
or cross incision abouth one-fourth the way through the artery, and with the scissors 
make a little slit downwards, or place the handle of the aneurism needle under the 
artery, and with the point of scalpel cut it one-fourth or one-third the way. This will 
enable you to put the tube inside the inner lining of the artery. Sixth, tie the tube in 
the artery with one tight and one bow knot; and one loose tight knot below, until the 
fluid has made its appearance, when the last knot should be tied up tight. The usual 
anomalies of the brachial artery are as follows: The artery is sometimes found in¬ 
cased in the sheath with the median nerve. The brachial veins may accompany it or 
be found in the position of the artery and veins. Occasionally the artery divides in 
the middle or upper third, and one or both branches may accompany the artery. It is 
sometimes found on top of the median nerve, and also on the inner side of the nerve to¬ 
wards the body. The artery can be determined by its being heavier than the veins, 
the body and walls being thicker and generally empty while the veins will contain 
more or less blood. 

THE RADIAL ARTERY. 

Make the incision from one to one and a half inches long in the little valley on 
the wrist as indicated on the above cut, the lower end of which should be just above 
the bony process on the wrist at the joint. Cut through first the skin, second the fat, 
and third the deep fascia, and directly underneath will be found the radial artery. The 
vein is not often found with it, but is always near by. It usually lies from one-fourth 
to one-half inch under the skin and can be used with as much success as the brachial 
femoral or common carotid, and in. cases of females it is often very desirable. The 
value of the use of the radial artery will be especially so in female cases, when you find 




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them all dressed and with tight sleeves which cannot be pushed up over the elbow or 
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or cuff, or by turning the hand over in the position it should occupy. 



aa. Poupart’s ligament. 

E. Femoral artery. 

8. Sartorius or tailor’s muscle. 

L. Adductor longus muscle, 
c. Umbilicus or navel. 

/. Point for making incision to inject the thoracic and abdominal cavities, 
a>lso for tapping the right ventricle of the heart for removing the blood and relieving discolora¬ 
tions. 

THE FEMORAL ARTERY. 

Draw a line from the center of Poupart’s ligament to the inner part of the knee 
joint, or with the tips of the fingers start at the center of Poupart’s ligament and fol¬ 
low the valley down the leg, and at a distance of from two to two and one-half inches 
below the ligament, begin the incision, making it from one and one-half to three 
inches long, according to size of the thigh and amount of fat. Cut through, first, the 
skin; second, the fascia and fat; third, the deep fascia which underlies the fat just over 
the artery, and with the forceps pinch up this deep fascia, and with the scalpel split it 
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scrape off the fat laying on the artery, and, fifth, with the aneurism needle take or 
tear off the sheath covering the artery and vein; raise the artery to the surface and 
pinch it up with the forceps and make transverse or cross incision, or lay the artery 
across the aneurism needle-handle and with the scalpel cut it one-third the way, cut¬ 
ting from towards the center to the outer edge of the artery; attach the tube, point¬ 
ing it upwards, and tie the tube in with one tight and one bow knot and one loose 
tight knot below, until the fluid makes its appearance, and then tie up tight. Inject 
slowly, keeping the body on an incline. 



S'PECI AL^TREATM ENTS.—4 




DROWNING OR FLOATERS. 

These cases are so varied that to give a treatment for all would require a great 
deal of space, and the ones easiest and some of the difficult cases will be treated upon. 
It has been asserted by some that any case, no matter how bad or how much decom¬ 
posed, could be restored to its original and life-like appearance. This, in the author’s 
opinion, is utterly impossible, and no preparation, no matter how powerful, or how 
skillful the operator, can restore decomposed animal tissue to a good healthy condi¬ 
tion. We do not say, however, that decomposition cannot be arrested or stayed for 
the time being. It is well when a professional or expert embalmer of real ability will 
produce results that to some would seem wonderful in the highest degree ; it is at 
least the duty of every operator or embalmer to tell his friends that he will do his 
very best in these extreme cases, and can promise them as good, if not better, results 
than could be attained with ice. If the body should be drowned in cool or cold 
weather, an(l in the water two or three days, the best treatment is, if you are present 
when the body is taken from the water, to have the coat or dress thrown over the face 
at once and kept there until you have embalmed the body, otherwise the air and light 
will cause it to turn dark, or even black. The water should be extracted from the 
lungs and stomach, and if convenient a barrel should be used, on which place the sub¬ 
ject with the face downwards, and by holding the feet roll the body back and forth. 
This will nearly always relieve the water. Place the body on a steep incline and use 
the common carotid or brachial artery, making two or three injections. If the body 
is to be kept for several days or to be shipped, keep the face, neck and hands covered 
with cloths saturated in diluted fluid. The body will gradually improve, and at the 
end of three days, unless it has been'bruised or the skin broken, will present a much 
better appearance than could be expected. Cases can be cited that were kept splen¬ 
didly for three and four weeks that were drowned in the fall or early spring, but a 
body that was bloated out of recognition was never seen restored to its normal size 
and condition. 

CHILD-BED OR PUERPERAL FEVER. 

It is considered by many that these are cases of a very difficult nature, and that 
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split the full length of the incision, r lhe same operation may be made in desecting the 
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other statements made by enemies to embalming. If the treatment is properly un¬ 
derstood, and you are familiar with diagnosis of the case, being permitted to use your 
knowledge, you need not have any fear of having a successful case. If the body has 
been laid out, you should at once place it on an incline as steep as you can do so; 
raise the hands above the head, and rub from the fingers and wrist down to the 
shoulder, also the forehead, face and neck doAvnwards. Tap the heart and allow it to 
run as freely and as long as it will. Elevate the arms again, and also rub the face and 
neck. A little fluid may be injected down the nostrils into the stomach to arrest or 
prevent purging. This done, raise the brachial artery, and very slowly inject two or 
three ounces of fluid, after which stop for five or six minutes to allow the fluid to 
gravitate and carry with it such blood as may be found in the arteries and branches. 
Then inject very slowly until you find the pump or syringe seems to work hard, when 
you should cease pumping. The tube in the artery may be covered with the closed- 
end thimble or cap. Then you can inject the cavities. 

DROPSY 

Is not, properly speaking, a disease, but the result of disease of the liver, heart 
kidneys and the lungs. It is the accumulation of water due to an unhealthy condi¬ 
tion of some organ or organs and imperfect working or action of the secretions. It it 
not uncommon for dropsy to disappear entirely. There are so many cases of dropsy 
and all so dissimilar that it is thought best to classify them, and begin with 

DROPSY OF THE THORACIC CAVITY. 

The mode for relieving is the same as for the heart, but should be done from both 
sides, running the trocar in up under each lung, remembering that each lung has a 
separate cavity of its own. 

DROPSY OF THE ABDOMEN. 

Introduce the trocar at the lower and under side of the body between the lower 
ribs and hip bone, extending it upwards to or near the centre. As the water flows out 
pull the trocar partly out. In case it should become stopped up, push the rod clear in 
to dislodge any mucous or other matter that might close up the opening of the trocar. 
It is sometimes necessary to make this operation on both sides, and to make it the 
second or third time. This, of course, depends upon the re-forming of the water. It 
is well to make the test if you have any fears. If you are injecting the arteries, you 
need not inject the cavities for twenty-four hours, if at all. These cases are not 
usually hard to preserve if you get the water away. 

DROPSY OF THE LEGS 

Requires more labor than that of the cavities alone. The best treatment is to band¬ 
age, beginning at the feet or toes and bandage to the ankle, then at the hip and band¬ 
age to the knee, making an incision just above the knee on both sides (outer and 
inner), through the skin with the scalpel; then bandage from the knee down to the 
ankle, making the incision on either side of the ankle at the end of the muscle. This 
treatment will prevent the formation of sacks of water after embalming, which will 
occur from six to twelve hours. Leave the bandages on. 

DROPSY OF THE ARMS 

May be treated the same as dropsy of the legs. 






Jl?en)ost:^ompl<?t:<? Embal/T|i9<5 Board ^uer Offqrqd to tty? profession 

T HE process of embalming can be more easily and successfully performed on the NEW 
CROWN than on any other board ever manufactured, it is the only folding hoard that can 
he adjusted and extended for bodies of every length; consequently one hoard takes the place of 
three. The incline desired is so easily obtained that the operator, without assistance, can ad¬ 
just the board to any angle, however great the weight of the body may be. 

It is a great disadvantage in the use of all other boards that in order to obtain an incline 
sufficient for many cases, the legs are necessarily let down or folded under ; this gives a board 
an awkward appearance and prevents the use of the canopy, On The New Crown the body can 
be placed at any incline and yet the legs of the board remain upright, and the canopy be sus¬ 
pended over the board hiding from friends the objectionable appearance of the incline position. 

THE BOARD IS ACCOMPANIED BY A LATELY IMPROVED PORTABLE AND ADJUSTABLE HEAD-REST, 
A CANOPY, ARM FOLDERS AND A NEW ADJUSTABLE FOOT BRACE. 

The Head-Rest is a late invention, portable, well made and set on a walnut block, so that the 
body need not be drawn up or down in order to place the head on the Heewd-Rest. 

The NEW CROWN is handsomely made of finest black walnut, hard oil finish, with metal 
parts all nickel plated, and cane bottom. It will accommodate any body—tall or short, large or 
small. Sold by all the leading jobbers of undertaker’s supplies, or order from us direct. 


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Milwaukee, Wis. 

I am in receipt of your Board. 8et it up for inspection, and invited Mr. Peacock 
in to examine it and pass his opinion. We are agreed that the board is the “ finest” 
and very complete. GEO. L. THOMAS. 


Cleveland, Ohio. 

I received the Embalming Board in good shape and examined it thoroughly. To 
use my father’s expression, I can say, “it fills the bill,”—that it is peerless to any other 
board. Mr. Sampson, of the firm of Mills. & Lacy, was in our office yesterday. I 
showed him the board, and he said it was so nicely constructed, and that it was the 
best improved board in the market. I can safely say, “it caps the climax” 

SYLVESTER J. WAGNER. 


Omaha, Neb. 

We have used the Crown Board and find it the most complete board for embalm¬ 
ing we have seen or used. With it one person can place the body on any desired in¬ 
cline without loosening the legs at the foot. DREXELL & MAUL. 

Nashville, Tenn., August 13,1886. 

It is a perfect embalming board, possessing every requirement needed by the pro¬ 
fession. As a laying-out board and an embalming table, it is indeed a jewel. 

M. S. COMBS & CO. 

Atlanta, Ga. 

It is just what we have been looking for and wonder why it has never before 
been produced. Every requirement is here found. Surely every embalmer or practi¬ 
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The country is just now being flooded with Chin Adjusters of all shapes, sizes and prices. 
Cheapness, and not durability, is the only recommendation that most of them can honestly 
claim. We are still making a first-class Adjuster, strongly made, handsomeiy nickeled, and 
will not break or get out of order if properly used. Try a set. You will like them. 


Mad? in two sizes. No. 1, when close!, is 234 inches long; when extended, I inches long. 

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parts OF PUMP AND ATTACHMENTS. 

«inn \'n 2 Ball, #1.00. 3. Lower extension, 35 cents. 4. Inner part, side exten¬ 

sion, .>0 cents o. Outer part, side extension, 35 cents, 6. Cap to barrel, 75 cents. 7. Plunger and 
handle, $1.00. 8 and 10. Shoulders to leather suckers, 10 cents each. 9, 9. Leather suckers 10 
+n lltS , P er P air ; 1 \ Receiving ^alve, 25 cents. 12. Discharging valve, 35 cents. 13. Open-end 
H* 4 ' C1 °^ecl-end thimble, 25 cents. 15,10. Large and medium arterial tubes, 35 
cents each 18. Large rubber hose 15 cents. 19. Small rubber hose, 20 cents. 20. Large nasal 
tube, to cents each. 21. Small nasal tube, 75 cents each. 


parts of BULB SYRINGE A\l) ATTACHMENTS. 

A. Soft rubber bulb, 25 cents. B. Long rubber hose, 1» cents. C. Short rubber hose 10 
cents. I). Cap extension, 25 cents. E. Ball and point, $1.25 F. Inner part of side extension’40 
cents. <t. Outer part of side extension, 30 cents. H. Discharge valve, 30 cents. J Receiving 
valve, 25 cents. K. Open-end thimble, 25 cents. 16 and 17. Medium and small arterial tubes 35 


cents each 

These parts, or any of our goods, can he had of any dealers in undertakers’ 
the manufacturers. 


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APOPLEXY. 

Bodies of persons dying from apoplexy will be found in a similar condition to 
those dying from heart disease. The cause, however, is different. Death by apoplexy 
is caused by a rupture of one or more blood vessels, usually in the brain, allowing the 
blood to escape either in the substance of it or within the membranes covering it. 
Sometimes we have a case where the vessels near the heart burst and cause death. 
The walls of the vessel, both arterial and venous, have undergone a change known as 
fatty degenerations, or there may be a calcareous or limy deposit in the walls. Either 
condition renders the artery easily torn or ruptured. In this case the brachial or the 
common carotid artery should be used, and not the femoral. The heart should be 
punctured in the same manner as in treatment for heart disease, not forgetting the 
value of the incline. The arteries will generally be found very tender and brittle, and 
you should handle very carefully, injecting very slowly and steadily, using gentle press¬ 
ure. The second injection may be found of value. 

PARALYSTS 

Is caused by a pressure upon the nerves at the spinal cord or at the base of the 
brain. Usually one side only is affected. The elfect is to paralyze the muscles, caus¬ 
ing a lack of action and less supply of blood. The arteries gradually become dimin¬ 
ished in size. The arteries on the diseased side should not be used in injecting, but 
take up one on the other side and inject gradually, having the body on the incline. It 
is sometimes necessary, in consequence of the diminished capacity of the arteries, to 
make the second and often the third injection, allowing from one to six hours between. 
There will be occasion to relieve the blood of the body, also to make the injection in 
the artery and perhaps of the abdominal and tlioracie cavities. 

DISEASES OF THE LUNGS. 

These cases are usually easily managed. There are various kinds of lung diseases- 
We have the prolonged or lingering and the hasty consumption, pulmonary, lung 
fever, tuberculosis, etc., etc., and the treatment for all are so similar that no special 
changes are necessary. When the lung becomes diseased, these air cells with the lung 
tissue gradually decay and separate, leaving the air cells exposed, except what are 
protected by a searing or temporary healing over. The fact that this is a very delicate 
and tender structure and easily gives way with the pressure of the pump when at¬ 
tached to the artery, and breaking through these air cells fills up the cavity surrounding 
the remaining part of the lung, the continued pressure of the pump causes the fluid to 
run back through the bronchial (ovair) tubes and comes out of the nostrils or mouth. 
This will cause an unnecessary waste of the fluid, and yet as long as it causes blood 
and fluid to flow it is well to let it run until the fluid appears nearly clear. Then the 














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How to Keep H. R. Pump and Syringe in Good Order. 

I Sj, Ei \ ERA careful to clean the pump with clear water after using it. by pumping the 
/ water through it. Unscrew the cap and drop some oil into the barrel. If the plunger 
ij) should become dry for the want of use, run water through it, and then oil the plunger. 
* This W1 H prevent the fluid from pushing out at the top. 

The valves should be looked after occasionally. Unscrew the ball from the lower part of 
the pump, then the side extension, and the receiving valve will then drop out and can be 
cleaned. 

The Discharge Valve, in the side extension, is creased and perforated. This is to catch all 
matter that would otherwise get into the arteries andprevent aperfect distribution of the fluid. 
Unscrew the side extension and clean the valve ; be careful to replace in the way it came out. 
When this valve becomes foul it makes the pump work very hard, and but little'fluid will pass 
through. 


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Kailway Cars, and in fact any and every place where a positive, cheap and effective Disinfect¬ 
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TYPHOID, TYPHUS, SCARLET and YELLOW FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, SMALL 
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ALL KINDS OF BAD ODOR. 

FOR SICK ROOMS—Dilute one part with ten parts of water, and spray or sprinkle the bed¬ 
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the vessels, dilute one part solution to four of water. Same dilution in cases of 1ow t forms of 
fever and contagious diseases, and use frequently. Always use the solution in vessels after 
using them. 

FOR CLOSETS, REFRIGERATORS AND CELLARS—Place the pure liquid in a saucer in a high 
place or upper shelf. 

FOR STORE ROOMS, BARNS AND STABLES—Dilute one to ten and sprinkle ; water closets and 
urinals the same dilution. 

FOR SCRUBBING FLOORS, &c.—Pour a little of the pure fluid into the water used, 

FOR SEWER GASES—Keep cloths well saturated and suspended as near the outlet as possible. 
At night spread the cloths directly over the bowl. Pour a little of the solution down the pipes 
occasionally. The saturated cloths attracts the gas and neutralizes it. 

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remedy is to push absorbent cotton down botli nostrils until you have closed the 
epiglottis, or little trap door, that covers the top of the trachea or windpipe. This 
will, as a rule, produce the desired effect, and you can continue the injection until you 
have sufficient fluid in the body for that time, should this not prove successful, the 
next and positive remedy is to make an incision in the windpipe about one-half to 
three-quarters of an inch. The incision should be made just above collar bone in the 
front part of the windpipe. Holding the wound open with the forceps or handle of 
scalpel, push cotton into the windpipe until you have filled it up. This will effect¬ 
ually bring about the desired result. It is not necessary as a rule in cases of this char - 
acter to tap the heart; as there is but little blood in the body. If the subject be a 
male, use the femoral artery, but if a female the brachial artery should be used, the 
injection being slow and steady, keeping in view the value of the incline. If there 
should be any inflammation in the abdominal cavity, a pint or more injected will be 
of value. In some cases, the second injection in the artery may be necessary. Satu¬ 
rated cloths over the face and hands are necessary to prevent and remove discolor¬ 
ations. 

BY ARSENIC, STRYCHNINE, PARIS GREEN, ETC. 

These are very violent deaths, and in some cases the convulsions are so great as to 
burst some of the blood vessels, and also to cause a swelling or unusual fullness of the 
features. Sometimes the abdomen becomes much swollen, and the intestines, too, are 
filled with gases, which should be removed by the trocar from the abdomen and an in¬ 
cision in the same to relieve the intestines. For this treatment see “Peritonitis,” etc. 
The stomach is usually empty from purging. If not, empty it of its contents by turn¬ 
ing the head to one side, with the face downwards, as also the body on the side, and 
with the knee press on the stomach; after this replace the body on an incline and in¬ 
ject the stomach through the mouth or nose. Tap the heart if it should be a large 
person or contain much blood, and inject the brachial or common carotid artery. If 
the weather is warm, the second injection would be advisable. Cloths may be kept 
over the face, neck and hands, saturated with the diluted fluid, and, if over the abdo¬ 
men, it may be used full strength. 


■ X PREPARING BODIES in which death has resulted from contagious or in 
fectious diseases, viz., diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, smallpox, cholera, 
erysipelas and typhus fever, great care should be taken not only in embalming 
the whole body if it is desired to preserve it, but also in rendering as slight as 
possible the danger to those who may approach it before burial. 

In addition to the ordinary embalming the surface of the body should be 
thoroughly bathed in the fluid, but of only half strength, and in the case of diphtheria 
or scarlet fever the nose and throat well drenched with the fluid and filled with satu. 
rated absorbent cotton. In a case of septicaemia the body should be embalmed as 
soon as possible, as decomposition begins inside of twenty-four hours. 

An air-tight casket should be used in all these cases and not opened after once 
closed. 





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Jackson, Tenn., Aug. 14, 1887. 

Dear Professor Clarke: 

I write to let you know I am having perfect success in embalming with Clarke’s 
Fluid, instruments and instructions. I now have two bodies on the cooling boards 
embalmed at this time. One died last Saturday, and I am to bury him Sunday next, 
making eight days dead. He is as perfect as at first—no signs of decay or smell. Just 
showed him to a friend who thought I was fooling him; said he did not think at first 
he was dead. I used Clarke’s Fluid, and I think it the best. I am proud to say I can 
perform the operation from the instruction you gave me without any fear of trouble 
or failure. I am glad I went to see you at St. Louis to learn the art of embalming. 

Very truly yours, It. E. HOPPER. 

Columbia, Tenn., Nov. 29,1887. 

The Clarke Chemical Works, Springfield, Ohio: 

This certifies that we embalmed the body of Mr. William H. Nichols, late a 
resident of London, England, who died in our county March 29, 1887, age 21 years, with 
Clarke’s Anti-Septic Balm and shipped his body to his father at London, England. 
His body was kept out of the ground nearly five weeks on account of delay in trans¬ 
portation from New York City. We received letters from his father and sister 
stating that the body was in a good state of preservation when received. Wishing 
you all the success possible, We are very truly yours, 

A. BARR. 

By John A. Oakes. 


Kansas City, Mo., May 24,1887. 

Clarke Chemical Works, Springfield, Ohio: 

Gentlemen:— In regard to your Anti-Septic Embalming Fluid, would say I have 
used it for some time, and it has given me the very best of satisfaction. Have never 
had a failure with it so far, and I am confident it will do the work if the embalmer 
understands his business. I use your embalming pump and syringe exclusively, and 
I think them the best in use. Anything I can say or do to further your interests in 
this section of the West I will be glad to do. Yery truly yours, 

EUGENE CARLATT, P. M. 

Lynchburg, Va., Oct. 24,1887. 

Professor J. H. Clarke: 

Dear Sir:—I t gives us great pleasure to testify to the excellent and very satis¬ 
factory quality of your Embalming Fluid. We have used no other fluid for the past 
spring and hot summer but yours, and find the fluid of the barrel purchased last 
spring as good as at first. Yery truly and respectfully, 

G. A. DUIGUID & SON. 

Jacksonville, Fla., January, 1887. 

The use of Clarke’s Anti-Septic has been the means of our increasing business. 
It is perfect in every respect as] are also Clarke’s Hard Rubber Embalming Instru¬ 
ments. GEO. F. CLARKE & CO. 

St. Augustine, Fla., June, 1887. 

I have used Clarke’s Anti-Septic for nearly three years and in shipping bodies a 
long distance. It has been of the greatest value. We have many bad cases here in 





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in that they never corrode, and are so much lighter and easier to handle. 

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Trocars, improved, large and small, each. $ 1 50 

Aneurism Needles, each. 1 00 

Scalpels, each .. 75 

Forceps, each. 75 

Scissors, per pair. 75 

Catheters, No. 9 and 12, each. 25 

H. R. Pump, with three tubes. 6 50 

H. R. Pump, without tubes.:. 5 50 

Arterial Tubes, large, medium, small, each. 35 

H. R. Bulb Syringe, with three Tubes. 4 00 

H. R. Bulb Syringe, without Tubes. 3 00 

Complete Cabinet, without Instruments, fine walnut, nickel trimmings, and 

very handsome. 20 00 

H. R. Nasal Tubes, large and small, each. 75 

Closed-end Thimbles, each. 25 

Eye Caps, per gross. 10 00 

Eye Caps, per dozen. 1 00 

Improved Chin Supporters, three sizes, per set. 75 

Improved Arm Rest, each. 2 CO 

Clarke’s Cosmetic, per bottle. 50 

Clarke’s Anti-Septic Vaseline, per box. 25 and 50 cents 

Rubber Tubing, all sizes, per foot.10 to 20 cents 


Any parts of our Pump and Instruments can be furnished on short notice. 


^.CLARKE’S ATMOSPHERIC 0D0RIZER.gr- 

FOR DISINFECTING APARTMENTS. 3;;. a . 

By tills simple apparatus a few drops of the Directions^ for Use .—Flare the long tube 


Disinfectant are converted into thousands of 
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the surrounding atmosphere. 

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into bottle of Disinfectant and blow sharply 
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this hot climate that require careful treatment, and it has given us the very greatest 
satisfaction. We also use Clarke’s Instruments, and most cheerfully endorse all the 
productions of the Clarke Chemical Works. G. T. BUXTIXG. 

Charleston, .S. C., Xov. 3, 1887. 

Professor J. H. Clarke, Springfield, Ohio: 

Dear Sir I take great pleasure in adding my 
testimonial as to the merits of Clarke’s Anti-Septic. I 
would not like to be compelled to conduct my business 
one day without it. Really we are very fortunate, living 
as we are in this age of progression. In this hot climate 
where decomposition begins so soon and the heretofore 
tendency to bury soon after death, our people receive the 
new way of preserving their dead with great kindness 
when they become acquainted with it. I would kindly 
recommend all the brethern who have not tried Clarke’s 
Anti-Septic to do so at once and learn your modes of pre¬ 
serving the dead. Dear sir, I wish you unbounded suc¬ 
cess, which you so richly deserve for your untiring efforts to elevate the profession. 

I am sincerely yours, 

J. M. CONXELLY, 143 Calhoun St. 

Jacksonville, Fla., August, 1887. 

My many years experience in embalming the dead for burial here and transpor¬ 
tation to long distance has enabled me to judge very critically the value of the differ¬ 
ent makes of Embalming Fluids, and I unhesitatingly endorse Clarke’s Anti-Septic as 
the best I have ever used. BYROX E. OAK. 

Deersville, O., July 7. 

I was called on the 17th of June to take charge of the body of Rev. Dr. Robert 
Herron, of the Presbyterian church. He was the giant of our community both in size 
and as a minister, and weighed over four hundred pounds. This at midnight: I first 
placed the body on an incline and two hours afterwards tapped the heart and drew off 
nearly three quarts of blood ; then raised the brachial artery and injected Clarke’s 
Anti-Septic, consuming two hours injecting two gallons. 1 buried him four days 
later on Sunday, the thermometer ranging from 92 to 100° all the time. I consider 
this a grand success. Yours truly, ABRAHAM OLIPHAXT. 

Xasiiville, Tenn., Sept. 10,1887. 

The Clarke Chemical Works: 

We could fill a large book with numerous cases of very successful embalming- 
We feel we could hardly run our business without Clarke’s Anti-Septic and Instru¬ 
ments. We have kept several bodies from one to three weeks during the last hot 
summer months. Very truly yours, M. S. COMBS & CO. 



X ash ville, Tenn. 

We feel perfectly safe in keeping.all bodies entrusted to our care since we have 
been using Clarke’s Fluid, and we have no occasion to change the programme. We 
feel that nothing could be better. Very truly, LYTTOX & PULLIAM. 


Indianapolis, May 12,1887. 

The Clarke Chemical Works, Springfield, O.: 

I used your Clarke’s Anti-Septic to preserve Major J. W. G., weighing about two 
hundred pounds, dying with a complication of diseases. Was in fine condition at the 
expiration of five days, and I only used three quarts of your most excellent fluid at 
two injections. 

Another case where it did me excellent service was in the case of Cornelius King, 


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weighing over 250 pounds, dying from heart disease. I used four quarts of your liuid 
at two injections and kept him nicely for live days ; was then placed in vault for five 
days, at which time his remains were in tine condition. 

And still another severe test was that of George Eberliardt, weighing 200 pounds, 
dying from internal tumor and cheesy tumors of the liver, one of which had broken 
before death. I used four quarts at two injections, and made other necessaiy prepar¬ 
ations for post mortem, which was made thirteen hours after last injection. Two days 
later at time of funeral he was in perfect condition, and no one would have judged 
post mortem had ever been held. C. E. KREGELO. 

A WORD FROM HOME. 

Springfield, O. 

For several years we thought we could not use any fluid but the-until we 

bought a little of Clarke’s to simply try it until we could order of the old house. But 
the sample was so excellent, we have used it now exclusively for over two years and 
we have no reason whatever to doubt its superior quality, either as a preservator or 
bleacher during the hot summer of ’87. AVe never had a single failure—in fact it has 
proven better than we could have ever expected, most of our embalming being done 
by cavity injection. AVe cheerfully recommend Clarke’s Fluid and Instruments as 
the best we have ever used. " Yery truly, SCHINDLER & COLES. 

Springfield, O. 

I have used Clarke’s Anti-Septic Embalming Fluid and Instruments for two 
years, and they are all perfectly satisfactory m every respect. 

JACOB ROLL. 

PRESERVED FOR SIX MONTHS. 

Memphis, Tenn., March 31, 1887. 

The Clarke Chemical Works, Springfield, O.: 

Six months ago we came into possession of the body of a man who had no friends, 
so we decided to keep the body, and give your fluid a good test. The body w as in an 
advanced stage of decomposition. AVe have the body now just as sound as can be. 

AVe cite you to another case wherein Clarke’s Fluid proved to be all you claim for 
it. The railroad authorities abandoned the body of a lady en route from Texas to 
Georgia, on account of the extreme bad odor. AA r e brought it to our place of busi¬ 
ness and embalmed it—using Clarke’s Fluid—kept it four days, and sent it to its 
destination with the very best results. Yery truly yours, 

‘ J. F. HOLST & BRO. 

Per Rob. Jones, Embalmer. 

Bloomfield, X. J., May 25,1884. 

Mr. J. G. Keyler: 

Dear Sir— Being acquainted with the facts pertaining to the embalming by you 
of the body of my mother-in-law, Mrs. C. E. AVood, of Bloomfield, I beg leave for the 
benefit of others to make the following statement. Mrs. AVood deceased on the 7th 
day of February, 1884. The body was then embalmed by you and placed in the re¬ 
ceptacle in the cemetery in Bloomfield until February 21st, when it was sent by 
express to Great Barrington, Mass. At this latter date the features were unchanged 
and fresh. About the middle of the present month (May) the body was then removed 
from the receptacle at Great Barrington to the grave. The casket was again opened 
and the features of the body were found fresh and unchanged. Time from death until 
interment, three months and seven days. A r ery truly yours, 

G. AV. TIMLOAV, 

Minister of the Episcopal Church. 

Mrs. E. C. AVood died at Bloomfield, X. J., February 7,1884, and was embalmed by 
Mr. J. G. Keyler, of that place. The casket with body enclosed was removed to this 
place and has since remained in our receiving vault until I caused it to be opened 
April 26th. The body was found to be in an excellent state of preservation. On the 



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14th of May it was again opened, and was still in a line state of preservation except 
the flush of life and the eyes sunken; otherwise the general appearance was quite 
natural. The operation had been skillfully performed and was very successful in ac¬ 
complishing the purpose desired. 

May 26, 1884. W. H. PARKER, M. D., 

Great Barrington, Mass. 

The fluid used in the above case was Clarke’s Fragant Anti-Septic Balm, also 
Clarke’s IT. R. Pump and Instruments were used to do the work, and I unhesitatingly 
say that it is the best fluid and most positive preservative I have ever used and shall 
continue to use it in my practice. JNO. G. KYLER, 

Bloomfield, N. J. Funeral Director and Embalmer. 

PERFECT EMBALMING. 

The following will recall the sad death of young Adam Mackenzie, who was ac¬ 
cidentally killed at Fowler Bros’ packing house December 27, 1884. It is a letter 
received by one of his intimate friends from the young man’s relatives in Dublin, 
Ireland, to whom his remains were shipped after being embalmed by Undertaker H. 
II. Sawyer: 

245 James Street, ) 
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 21, 1885. 5 

H. H. Sawyer, Esq., Wyandotte, Kas.: 

Dear Sir:—I have just received three letters from Dublin, Ireland, regarding the 
remains of the late Alex. Mackenzie, who was accidently killed at Mr. Geo. Fo wler’s 
packing house on December 27,1884, which was embalmed and shipped by you. 

The first letter is from his brother, Archibald Mackenzie, which is as follows: 

Dear Alick’s remains arrived in splendid order. Every one who saw him was as¬ 
tonished at the life-like appearance, and I could not overcome the feeling that he was 
sleeping. It was with great fear and 1 might say terror, that we waited his coming 
home, in case we were unable to see him, and it gave us corresponding gratifica¬ 
tion when we saw how beautiful he looked, and this feeling of thankfulness overcame 
a great deal of our sadness. 

The second letter was from his sister, Mrs. Weather ill, who says : Dear Alick 
was buried February 7, 1885, this day two weeks. His body only got to Dublin on 
January 22d, and really words would fail to express how much surprised and 
pleased we were at his appearance. Poor boy, he looked just like life. We were all 
afraid we would not be able to look at him, and his remains were first taken to WAller’s, 
the undertaker, to be first looked at there, and Mr. Waller said in all his thirty-five 
years’ experience he never saw anything to equal my brother’s appearance. 

The third letter is from my father, T. B. Gilbert, Dublin, Ireland, who says : 
After the remains arrived I paid them a visit. It is indeed a wonderful work of 
art; so life-like that it seemed a pity to bury it away out of sight. 

I send you these abstracts to let you know how your work turned out, and I may 
say it exceeded my expectations. * Yours very truly, 

GODFREY M. GILBERT. 

Bellevue, O., Nov. 24, 1884. 

In regard to the body embalmed by Mr. Quayle, of Cleveland, for me, to be shipped 
to California—would say that I received word from the parties who accompanied the 
remains that they arrived at destination in the very best possible condition. 

P. S. I wish to state that Clarke’s Fluid was used. Yours truly, 

DAVID MOORE. 


Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 21,1886. 

.T. H. Clarke, Esq.: 

Dear Sir:— On September the 28th, 1886, I embalmed the remains of Ezra F- 
Pruden, of 132 Concord street, Brooklyn, using about five pints of your fluid. On 
October the 2nd, he was placed in the receiving vault at Evergreens Cemetery. 


To-day December the 21st, he was removed to a lot in the cemetery for final interment 
After being in the receiving vault for three months, upon opening the casket the 
body was found to be as firm and solid and almost as good a color as when put into 
the casket; there was not the least odor from the body, and I cut off some of his hair 
for the family. It had to be cut off ; I could not pull it out; it was just as firm on the 
head as in life. I was much pleased with it, and the family expressed it as surprising 
They were more than pleased, as they did not expect to be able to get very near, cer¬ 
tainly not to look upon him again after being dead three months, to say nothing of 
having some of his hair cut off. I think it my duty to bear this testimony to the ex¬ 
cellence of your fluid. Yours, &c., 

F. J. KING, 279 Court St. 


Harrison, O., August 31, 1887. 

Professor J. H. Clarke: 

Sir :—I have been using several different kinds of fluid for awhile past and have 
not had as good success with any as I have had with yours. I have used Clarke’s in 
very severe cases without a failure. That is what I cannot say with the others. I 
would like to have a ten-gallon keg, and I am in need of a cabinet to keep my instru¬ 
ments in ; also three quart bottles in which to carry fluid. 

Very truly yours, HENRY SLITE. 

Emporia, Kas., June 8,1887. 

Clarke Chemical Works, Springfield, Ohio: 

Gents: —Enclosed find draft for $33.21 for invoices of April 2 and March 7. You 
may ship us a barrel of Clarke’s Anti-Septic. 

* We disinterred a body last week after it had been buried nearly a week, and it 
was in the worst fix possible to imagine a body to be in. We embalmed and fixed it 
up with Clarke’s Fluid and shipped it back to your city. It was the body of John 
Wheeler, formerly of Springfield, O. Very truly yours, 

HARDCASTLE & KENYON. 

Gilbertsville, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1886. 

The Clarke Chemical Works, Springfield, O.: 

Gentlemen:— Reading yours regarding New Illustrated Circular in this month’s 
“Casket,” I would be pleased to receive one. I have your “Text Book,” and find it 
the best and the plainest on that subject that I have ever read. I have used the 
Clarke Embalming Fluid for the past two years thoroughly, and have never had one 
failure ; and can say in all sincerity that it has given me entire satisfaction and that I 
consider it the best E have ever used, and cheerfully recommend it as a thoroughly re¬ 
liable fluid. I am respectfully yours, 

CHAS. F. BLACKMAN. 

Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 15,1887. 

Clarke Chemical Works, Springfield, O.: 

Dear Sir:— Without solicitation I will give you only a small amount of experi¬ 
ence with your fluid, viz : A. Mr. Ballard, of Syracuse, N. Y r ., died here of chronic 
dvsentery. I embalmed the body with your fluid and kept it four days with the tem- 
perature at 85°. Placed body in a No. O wood case, shipped in the lower hole of a sail¬ 
ing vessel to St. Andrew’s Bay, Fla., (two days voyage); reached distillation in perfect 
condition, top of case taken off and remained off until next day ; face perfectly natural. 
Not the siighest offensive odor, and nothing but Clarke’s Fluid done the work. 

Second Case.— Was called to DeFuniak Springs, Fla., (eighty miles from here) to 
prepare and ship the body of Mr. Birdsall to Illinois ; and while th6re the body of 
Mr John Perkins, of Royal Oak, Mich., had been found. He was drowned, and body 
had been in water four days ; body full of water and terribly swollen; face and hands 
very much discolored. His friends said it was impossible to ship him home, (although 
his widowed mother telegraphed “Should the body be found, ship it home.’) I told 
them I would undertake the work, and if I failed it would not cost them one cent. It 
was a bad case, but I had been taught never to give up if I thought I was right. I had 


my cabinet (Clarke’s) and one-half gallon of Clarke’s Fluid. I telegraphed home for 
more of Clarke’s Fluid. Shipped body in thirty hours after, in one of Stein’s cloth- 
covered zinc-lined caskets, No. 213, to Royal Oak, Midi., a distance of 1,400 miles. 
The casket was not air-tight, because the screws broke their hold when they were 
screwed down in the wood shell. I did not, however, depend on the casket, but 
Clarke’s Embalming Fluid and my work is what I relied on. The parties wanted to 
pay me at once, as the features looked so natural; but I said, “No ; wait until body 
reaches home, and if it is all right you can pay me”—which they did ; also a letter 
from them saying body looked perfectly natural and no offensive odor. I can show 
you many such letters, and nearly every one of them the result of your tluid ; but in 
both cases mentioned Clarke’s Fluid did the work. If you wish to use this letter, do 
so. Yours, &c., S. B. HUTCHINSON. 

Boston, Mass. 

Clarke’s Anti-Septic has been of inestimable value to us ; have not used it exclu¬ 
sively, but as much or more than any other preparation for preserving the dead. We 
shall employ it in the future. J. P. CLEARY & CO., 5 Pynchin St. 

Brackton, Mass. 

We have no occasion to regret adopting Clarke’s Anti-Septic as the standard of 
excellence. We have it by the barrel, and the last pint is as good as the first—always 
correct and reliable. ‘ McCANN & BROS. 


Newark, N. J., July 30,1884. 

Mr. Clarke: 

Dear Sir: —On the lltli of May last I embalmed a lady who died from cancer 
of womb, the case being a very bad one. I used brachial artery and about two 
quarts of your fluid, placed the body in receiving tomb of Fairmount Cemetery, 
where it is now. I have examined it several times and found the preservation abso¬ 
lutely perfect—no disagreeable odor nor any sign of mortification ; the body seemed 
to be going through a sort of drying-out process. I would state that this is the third 
case I have had in receiving tomb in the last six months and have found them all in 
the same condition. Very truly yours, 

E. H. STONAKER. 

Randolph, Mass. 

After trying nearly all the embalming fluids I have settled on Clarke’s as the 
standard, and now buy it by the barrel. RALPH HOUGHTON. 

Wap akonetta, Ohio. 

I employ it in my business exclusively. It has never failed me. Am sure I 
could not get a better one than Clarke’s Anti-Septic. PHILIP NAGEL. 

Middletown, Ohio. 

It has always given me the most perfect satisfaction—Clarke’s Anti-Septic. 

• A. T. WILSON. 

Omaha, Neb. 

Everything considered, we are better pleased with Clarke’s Anti-Septic than any 
other in the market, as our business requires a great deal of embalming. It is very 
important that we get the best. DREXELL & MAUL. 


Quincy, Mass. 

I have used Clarke’s Fragrant Anti-Septic for nearly five years, and it has always 
given me the greatest satisfaction. JNO. HALL. 

We employ Clark’s Anti-Septic in preserving our anatomical specimens with th e 
most satisfactory results. L. E. RUSSELL, M. D.. 

DRS. McLAUGHLIN & AUSTIN. 

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Chappell, Chase, Maxwell & Co. 

Oneida, Rochester and New York. 

Chicago Coffin Co.Chicago, Ill. 

Cincinnati Coffin Co. . . . Cincinnati, O. 
Cleveland Burial Case Co., Cleveland, O. 
Columbus Coffin Co.. . , Columbus, O. 

Crane & Breed Manufacturing Co. 

Cincinnati, O. 

Crawfordsville Coffin Co. 

Crawfordsville, Ind. 

Chas. E. Lewis.St. Louis, Mo. 

Chattanooga Coffin & Casket Co. . . . 

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Clemens Vonnegut. . Indianapolis, Ind. 
D. E. Case & Co.. . J . . . Albany, N. Y. 
Decatur Coffin Co. . . ... Decatur, III. 

Detroit Casket Co.Detroit, Mich. 

Detroit Metallic Casket Co. 

Detroit, Mich. 

, Embalming Burial Case Co. 1 

Burlington, Iowa. 

Erie Coffin Co.Erie, Fa. 

Evansville Coffin Co.. . Evansville, Ind. 
Ezra Smith & Co. Manufacturing Ass’n, 

Richmond, Ind.. 

F. H. Hill & Co.Chicago, Ill. 

F. C. Riddle & Bro. . . . St. Louis, Mo. 

Fakes & Co. .., Dallas, Texas. 

Gate City Coffin Co.Atlanta, Ga. 

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H. E. Taylor & Co. . . New York City. 
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H. C. Penny & Co.Detroit, Mich. 

Indianapolis Coffin Co. 

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John Maxsellus & Co.. . Syracuse, N. Y. 

J. W. Stolts & Co.New York City. 

J. M. Hutton,.Richmond, Ind. 

John L. Clark, ... Providence, R. I. 

John Murphy & Co. . . . Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Kansas City Undertakers Supply Co.. . 

Kansas City, Mo. 

Louisville Coffin Co. . Louisville, Ky. 
Lyons Hardware Co. . . . Paris, Texas. 

L. Jones & Son.Boston, Mass. 

Mound Coffin Co. .... St. Louis, Mo. 
Muskingum Coffin Co. . . .Zanesville, O. 
Milwaukee Casket Co. Milwaukee, Wis. 

Morris & Clark.Newark, N. J. 

Northwestern Casket Co. 

Minneapolis, Minn. 

New York & Brooklyn Coffin Co. . . 

Brooklyn, N. Y.. 

Ohio Valley Coffin Co. 

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